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#31
Competition and Website / Re: Parental leave
Last post by afullo - July 27, 2026, 10:14:53 AMQuote from: dreadnaut on April 29, 2026, 05:21:03 PMHey folks! Our little boy was born last week, and all is well. Life is of course much busier these weeks, but I'll be around now and then!I just became aware of this, congrats!
#32
Stunts Forum & Portal / Re: New forum - Dark theme?
Last post by HerrNove - July 27, 2026, 10:14:05 AMI had also missed the existence of the dark theme till now. Very happy to know it is available!
#33
Competition 2026 / Re: ZCT300 - Sirius
Last post by Duplode - July 27, 2026, 12:00:12 AMWith minutes to go until the deadline, it's a good time to talk about the track map!
Sirius is the intro track of Eye In The Sky, the album by The Alan Parsons Project. It is also notable as entrance music in sports, and in particular it was used that way in the World Cup 2026 group stage first round. Accordingly, the map pictures a World Cup classic: Argentina versus Netherlands, which also happens to be a clash between great Stunts nations. Besides the flags you spotted on the southwest and northeast corners, the shore on the south half of the track is loosely shaped like the Argentina coastline (the city would be Buenos Aires, and the beach, Mar del Plata) -- except that on the other side of the Río de la Plata instead of Uruguay we have Netherlands-reminiscent lowlands.
The three Cs drawn with vegetation stand for the number 300, as @Alain il professore noted. A reference to Daniel3D's competition, though, also fits very nicely to the concept!
It also turns out that, in Greek mythology, Sirius is Orion's canine companion
This is a cool idea!
Sirius is the intro track of Eye In The Sky, the album by The Alan Parsons Project. It is also notable as entrance music in sports, and in particular it was used that way in the World Cup 2026 group stage first round. Accordingly, the map pictures a World Cup classic: Argentina versus Netherlands, which also happens to be a clash between great Stunts nations. Besides the flags you spotted on the southwest and northeast corners, the shore on the south half of the track is loosely shaped like the Argentina coastline (the city would be Buenos Aires, and the beach, Mar del Plata) -- except that on the other side of the Río de la Plata instead of Uruguay we have Netherlands-reminiscent lowlands.
Quote from: HerrNove on June 29, 2026, 07:56:49 AMAre the trees in the middle of the track a reference to the Custom Car Championship?
The three Cs drawn with vegetation stand for the number 300, as @Alain il professore noted. A reference to Daniel3D's competition, though, also fits very nicely to the concept!
Quote from: HerrNove on June 29, 2026, 07:56:49 AMDoes the scenario south of the north-east flag represent the Canis Major constellation, to which the Sirius star belongs?
It also turns out that, in Greek mythology, Sirius is Orion's canine companion
Quote from: HerrNove on June 29, 2026, 10:19:43 PMOh, I thought it was Paraguay's flag like Alan suggested in the chat, and that the map took place on the border between the two nations, on the banks of the Paraná.
This is a cool idea!
#34
Chat - Misc / Re: World Cup 2026
Last post by Cas - July 26, 2026, 07:53:16 PMTheir last two games were supernatural. They got rid of both our selections in a way that nobody can argue they played better. All previous games they had been playing were not that out of the ordinary. I wonder what lit the spark. Anyway, deserved champions.
#35
Stunts Forum & Portal / Re: Forum attachments are temp...
Last post by Cas - July 26, 2026, 07:47:33 PMHope that can be resolved!
#36
Live Races / Re: Live races 2026
Last post by Cas - July 26, 2026, 07:45:55 PMI'm seeing it very difficult to find the time for it. I'm also wondering how I will manage to write the summary after race 300 in ZakStunts. I'll probably kick that race forward a little bit
#37
Stunts Forum & Portal / Re: Stunts 1.0 release on the ...
Last post by Cas - July 26, 2026, 07:42:56 PMThe Stunts 1.0 BB I got when I first came to know Stunts was also "damaged". In my case, the ADLIB driver was broken, one of the image files from Skid Vicious was missing and the Default track had been serious tampered with. I suspect the Default replay also was not the original one. It ended up with the Indy shooting up into the sky from the middle of the loop in the Default track.
For a year or so, I didn't notice the audio driver problem because I didn't have a sound card and the PC Speaker sound was normal, but when I did get a sound card, I was annoyed that sound was so glitchy. One day, when I got the game Fight (later also known as 4D Sports Boxing), I realised it had a similar structure, so I took the ADLIB driver from it and copied into Stunts. That fixed that, but I still couldn't play against Skid because of thie missing file. All issues ended once I had version 1.1. I wonder at which point this copy got broken.
For a year or so, I didn't notice the audio driver problem because I didn't have a sound card and the PC Speaker sound was normal, but when I did get a sound card, I was annoyed that sound was so glitchy. One day, when I got the game Fight (later also known as 4D Sports Boxing), I realised it had a similar structure, so I took the ADLIB driver from it and copied into Stunts. That fixed that, but I still couldn't play against Skid because of thie missing file. All issues ended once I had version 1.1. I wonder at which point this copy got broken.
#38
General Chat - ZSC / Re: Folyami ratings monthly up...
Last post by Duplode - July 26, 2026, 05:39:45 PMEven later than last month, but improbably still on time, here is the ZCT299 update of the rankings! Since the Southern Cross site isn't fully operational yet after the technical issues of the last couple days, I'll post the current ranking right here instead. Coming back with a win in this round means Argammon retakes the current ranking lead, while also extending his historical ranking lead by four points. The only other pipsqueak to reach a personal best this round was Victor Narl. Oh, and something I forgot to mention in the previous update: RC Bandit became the 100th entry in the historical ranking!
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| || Räcer | Rating | Change |
+====++================+========+========+
| 1 || Argammon | 2418 | +15 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 2 || MiDiaN | 2303 | +10 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 3 || Victor Narl | 2215 | +12 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 4 || Duplode | 2078 | -12 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 5 || CTG | 2055 | n/a |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 6 || Alain | 2055 | -37 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 7 || Spoonboy | 1949 | +38 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 8 || Alan Rotoi | 1949 | +53 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 9 || Zapper | 1898 | -28 |
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| 10 || HerrNove | 1858 | -31 |
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| 11 || Frieshansen | 1847 | +3 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 12 || Mark Nailwood | 1808 | +45 |
+----++----------------+--------+--------+
| 13 || RC Bandit | 1752 | -23 |
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| 14 || dreadnaut | 1653 | -15 |
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| 15 || Erik Barros | 1586 | -1 |
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| 16 || Ryoma | 1546 | n/a |
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| 17 || Cas | 1398 | n/a |
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| 18 || dstien | 1359 | -7 |
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| 19 || Shoegazing Leo | 1266 | -16 |
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| 20 || stanceboyCZ | 1136 | n/a |
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#39
Stunts Forum & Portal / Re: New forum - Dark theme?
Last post by viniciusferrao - July 26, 2026, 05:15:06 PMQuote from: Duplode on July 26, 2026, 05:07:25 PMHi @viniciusferrao ! You can change the theme by going to the Look and Layout settings of your profile, "Current Theme" option.
How did I missed that? Thanks!!! My eyes are more comfortable now.
#40
Stunts Forum & Portal / Re: New forum - Dark theme?
Last post by Duplode - July 26, 2026, 05:07:25 PMHi @viniciusferrao ! You can change the theme by going to the Look and Layout settings of your profile, "Current Theme" option.